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WEDNESDAY. MARCH 1, 1978
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Ags split doubleheader with St. Mary
By DERRICK GRUBBS
It was another case of double iden
tity for Texas A&M Tuesday after
noon at Travis Park as the Aggies
split a doubleheader with St. Mary s
University.
A&M collected only three hits in
losing the first game 2-1 before ex
ploding for 12 hits and four home
runs in winning the nightcap 15-1.
The combined pitching efforts of
Conrad Perez and Danny Heep held
the Ags scoreless until the seventh
inning when first baseman Kyle
Hawthorne belted a solo homer to
narrow the margin to one run. The
Rattlers had taken a 2-0 lead with a
pair of single markers in the second
and sixth innings.
Losing pitcher Mark Ross went
the first five frames for A&M, giving
up only two hits and one run before
being relieved in the sixth by John
Poekrus. Pockrus also yielded only
two hits, both of them coming in the
sixth when St. Marv s scored the
eventual winning run.
Perez got the win for the visitors,
bringing his season record to 1-0
while Ross drops to 0-1 on the year.
Heep was credited with a save for
the Rattlers and was also their lead
ing hitter going 2-for-3, including a
double in the sixth which drove
home the winning run.
Hawthorne also went 2-for-3 for
the Aggies.
The second game was a complete
turnaround as A&M jumped out to a
13-1 lead after only three innings.
They scored four runs in the first
inning, three in the second on solo
home runs by Hawthorne, second
baseman Steve Robinson and third
baseman Mark Warriner and six in
the third inning. The big blow in the
third frame was Hawthorne's third
home run of the day, giving him five
for the young 1978 season.
The Aggies took advantage of a St.
Mary's error, to push across two un
earned runs in the fifth inning to
round out the scoring.
Besides Hawthorne, who was
4-for-5 with four RBI’s for the after
noon, freshman Rodney Hodde had
a good second game, going 2-for-3
with three RBI's.
Hawthorne, who is already
threatening the A&M record for
homers in a season (9, Byron Earner,
1961), is somewhat surprised by his
good early season start.
“Tuesday is the first really good
day we’ve had to play, said the
Beaumont junior. “I've changed my
stance at the plate a little this past
week and I’m stepping into the ball
more. Against St. Mary's I was
watching the ball a lot better.
Hawthorne is leading the team in
hitting with a .500 average and al
ready has 29 total bases through just
the first eight games.
Junior lefthander Mark Thurmond
went the first four innings for the
Aggies and got the win, running his
season record to 2-0. He got out
standing relief help from senior
David Pieczynski, who pitched the
final three innings, giving up only
one hit and striking out six.
Lance Carrington was pegged
with the loss for the Rattlers, putting
him at 1-1 on the year.
St. Mary’s has now played doub-
leheaders against four SVVC teams
and are 3-5 for the season.
A&M will take its 6-2 season rec
ord into SVVC play this weekend
when they host the University of
Houston. The games are scheduled
to be the first played in A&M s new
Olsen Field, depending on the prog
ress of the construction. If the games
are not played there, the series will
be moved to Travis Park.
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